29 years on unity .. What do the Yemenis and the southern street say?

Mohammed Abdul Malik - Al Jazeera Net

The official commemoration of the twenty-ninth anniversary of Yemen's unity has been absent this year in most Yemeni cities, foremost of which is the interim capital of Aden, which is being taken by the legitimate government and operated by forces of the Transitional Council supported by the UAE. And a number of festivals organized by Yemeni communities abroad.

This aroused the curiosity of some and made him wonder about the fate of the national unity between the Yemeni Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, which was signed in 1990 of the last century. Others also wondered about the role of the peaceful southern movement which was the main carrier of the southern issue before the Council declared The representative of the southern project, headed by the former governor of Aden, Aidros al-Zubaidi and with clear Emirati support.

Avoid confrontation
To discuss the reasons for the absence of official celebrations of the unity anniversary, Al Jazeera Net spoke with the Advisor to the Yemeni Information Minister Mukhtar Rahbi, who explained that this was due to fears of collisions with the militia of the Southern Transitional Council in Aden and the areas where it is spread.

However, Rahbi stressed that the manifestations of the celebration by the legitimate government did not completely disappear. He said that some southern provinces like Kutchery celebrated the occasion and Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour spoke in a speech about the anniversary. the outside.

Al-Rahbi said that the southern regions are in a situation that is no less than the reality of the areas of the Houthi militia in the north. Aden has a militia operating outside the state under various names, including the elite and the security belt, and seeks to control the strategic areas of islands, ports and strategic waterways.

On the other hand, said the Undersecretary of the Yemeni Ministry of Information Osama al-Shirmi - "a member of the south" - that the transitional council is already on the ground in a number of fronts and has the support of the Arab Alliance and is an umbrella for the resistance forces fighting in the map of military operations in the south at least.

Fate of the South
As for the fate of the southern issue, Al-Shorimi believes that it is impossible to talk about it today, in the shadow of the overthrow of the Houthi group of the entire state, and it is illogical to talk about unity or separation and the state has not yet existed. Al-Shurimi asserts to Al-Jazeera Net that " The southern issue on the table and taking into account the changes that occurred during recent periods.

As for the role of the peaceful southern movement in the scene, al-Shirmi said that there is actually through his participation in the southern resistance, which is followed in part by the Transitional Council and another section of it fighting under the framework of the legitimate government and the Arab alliance.

On the other hand, Abdul-Karim al-Saadi, the head of the Southern Civil Forces, believes that the time is going on, pointing out that continuing the battle of treason and betrayal between the southerners themselves today will only lead to further division and fragmentation until they find themselves facing a different reality that no one can change. The most powerful weapon of change is national unity.

Al-Saadi asserts that jumping on reality will only lead to more negative results, and that whoever hates himself and his decision to the countries of the region over the years can not in a moment be transformed from a slave to a master. Saadi continues: "It takes wisdom and requires that this person disappear from the scene to solve Replaced by those who did not devour the money of slavery. "

What's left?
Yemeni member of the Shura Council Salah Batis answers the question posed by some about the remaining unity? He says: Yemeni unity was a dream for all Yemenis over the past years, and no doubt that the new features of Yemen will be drawn through the outputs of the national dialogue agreed upon by the Yemenis.

According to the spokesman, Yemeni unity is a national value and a great achievement. It is not logical to be monopolized by anyone in the north or the south. It is also an issue for which the Yemenis offered convoys of martyrs, but it was managed by the logic of control, nepotism and regionalism. Today.

There are three threats to Yemen's unity today - according to Patis - the first is the practices of the Houthi militia, which aspire to overthrow the Republic and the implementation of an outsider project on Yemen, in addition to the second threat, which is issued by those who love Yemen and unity, but they make it wrong through the policies they use and influence, Voice over the voice of the party.

The third threat comes from those who call for the restoration of rights but they make mistakes by means and believe that through separation they will achieve a benefit to the South and do not realize that through this they are working to tear up Yemen and re-rule the Sultanate.